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Constipation - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Diet/Lifestyle
 • Fibre
 • Calories
 • Fluid
 • Exercise
 • Psychosocial
Medications
 •
- Differential Diagnosis ... Antispasmodics, Antidepressants ... (Inflammatory Bowel ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Algorithm #Causes
Mydriasis Causes - AAAS Mnemonic
 • Atropine
 • Anticholinergic Toxicity
 • Antidepressants (and Serotonin Syndrome)
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Mydriasis Causes ... Anticholinergic Toxicity • Antidepressants ... #differential #diagnosis
Causes of Myocarditis
Infectious Etiologies:
 • Viral agents: Adenoviruses, Enteroviruses (coxsackievirus), Herpesviruses (human herpesvirus 6, Epstein—Barr virus),
Causes of Myocarditis ... Sulfonamides, Tricyclic antidepressants ... , Inflammatory bowel ... #differential #diagnosis ... #cardiology #causes
Common sodium channel blockers which cause QRS widening.

Anticonvulsants: 
 - Carbamazepine 
Antidysrhythmics:  
 - Group
blockers which cause ... Propoxyphene Other antidepressants ... Venlafaxine Tricyclic Antidepressants ... Medications #Toxicology #Diagnosis ... Differential #Drugs #Classes
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) - Pathophysiology, Diagnosis and Management Algorithm
Risk factors: Previous acute enteric infection, Female
Irritable Bowel ... Pathophysiology, Diagnosis ... Line: Tricyclic antidepressants ... IBS #Irritable #Bowel ... Pathophysiology #Diagnosis
Causes of Pediatric Diarrhea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Infectious:
 • Viral
 • Bacterial
 • Parasitic
Malabsorption:
 • Lactase
Causes of Pediatric ... - Differential Diagnosis ... • Inflammatory Bowel ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Algorithm #Causes
Small and Large Bowel Obstruction - Differential (DISTEND HIM)

Diverticulitis 
Inflammatory bowel disease (Crohn’s, UC) 
Surgery (adhesions)
Small and Large Bowel ... Inflammatory bowel ... #Small #Large #Bowel ... #Differential #Causes ... #Diagosis #DISTENDHIM
Torsades de Pointes 
•Precipitated by drugs that prolong the QT interval 
•Class IA antidysrhythmics (procainamide, quinidine)
flecanide) •Cyclic antidepressants ... TorsadesDePointes #Diagnosis ... #Cardiology #ECG
Acute Diarrhea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
 • Ischemic: Small Bowel vs Large Bowel
 • Infectious: Diarrhea-Predominant
- Differential Diagnosis ... Ischemic: Small Bowel ... vs Large Bowel ... Diarrhea-Predominant vs Nausea ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Eosinophils (Eos) and hypereosinophilia (HE)
Caused by eosinophilopoietic cytokines
Common causes:
 - Drug reaction
 - Helminth infection
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cytokines Common causes ... disease Rare causes ... , inflammatory bowel ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Causes